Im curious why more

I’m curious why more isn’t being made of this. It’s being widely reported that on the order of Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki, the US have ended a five day old military blockade of the Sadr City section of Baghdad. But that cordon was in place to help find the recently abducted US soldier. So it sounds a lot like on Maliki’s say-so we’ve essentially called off the search. Is President Bush being asked about this?